Intermediate league

Glenville 2-09 Glanmire 3-15

This was a perfect example of a game of two halves with Glenville dominating the first and Glanmire the second.

Glenville raced into a four point lead after only seven minutes with points from Sean Desmond, Seamus Curtin and a brace of frees from Josh Cooke. After 16 minutes Sean Desmond finished off a brilliant team goal to give Glenville a deserved 1-04 to 0-02 lead. Things got even better for Glenville when Sean Desmond scored his second goal in the 27th minute. Glanmire got a lifeline with a disputed penalty on the stroke of half-time to leave the score 2-07, 1-04.

Playing against a strong wind proved difficult for Glenville and Glanmire ran out winners. There are a lot of positives to take from this performance, with some quality football on display from Glenville. Next fixture is at home to Kinsale on 9th April at 11.30. All support is greatly appreciated.

U18

Our U18s continued their league campaign on Saturday morning, playing away to St Colmcilles in Carrignavar. It turned out to be a tough assignment against a strong home team.

Playing with the wind in the first half we never really got a grip on the game and although we had plenty of possession we weren’t able to convert it into scores and were down by 6 points at half-time on a scoreline of 1-06 to 0-03. The second half played out in a similar manner, with lots of possession that we ultimately didn’t do a good job of converting, and we were caught with two sucker punches of goals as St Colmcilles took advantage of us pressing hard on their end. A bad day at the office was compounded when Ciaran O’Leary suffered an ankle injury late in the second half in an innocuous incident.

Notwithstanding the result, there were some good performances, with Cathal in goal dependable as usual, Ben doing very well at both corner back and halfback, and Ciaran O’Riordan getting some nice scores from corner forward. The final result was 3-11 to 0-09 in favour of the home team.

Team: C Sheehan; B O’Sullivan, S O’Leary, C McHugh; D Forde, M O’Driscoll, Co O’Mahony; C Linehan, C O’Leary; L Foley, B Ryan, S Curtin; C O’Riordan, Ca O’Mahony, F Fitzgerald; M O’Riordan, C Buckley.

The next outing for this team is Wednesday, 5th April in Glenville v St Nicks which is now a must win game to keep league hopes alive.

U16

Our U16 C3 team had their first league game away to Erins Own in Caherlag last Sunday on what was a beautiful sunny evening. This team is made up primarily of U15 players with a few of our U16s to bolster the squad. We had an excellent start with David scoring a goal straight from the throw-in and the team had a really excellent first half, scoring 3-06 and hitting the woodwork five times in a half that they dominated from start to finish.

We knew Erin’s Own would come out hard in the second half and so they did, with a goal and a few points to eat into our lead, but the Glenville lads showed great resilience and came back all guns blazing. They worked some tremendous scores in another fantastic thirty minutes of football and ran out winners on a scoreline of 5-11 to 2-09. There were great performances across the field, with Jack and David contributing 5-5 between them, Donnacha scoring three excellent points Eoghan playing a stormer in centre-field, and all of the backs doing very well.

Team: L Gucihard; A Casey, S Callinan, Z Curtin; D O’Connor, D O’Neill, R Kelleher; E Forde (0-01), D Barry (2-02); C Buckley (0-02), J Hennebry, D McCarthy; J Counihan (3-03), D O’Leary (0-03), E Hartnett.

Our next game in this league is a home fixture v St Michaels on April 3rd.

U11

The U11s played against St Michaels. Twenty players played 2 matches each. Some great score-taking and determination on display. A successful start to our footballing campaign.

U14C3 FOOTBALL LEAGUE Glenville 5-08 Youghal 3-05

Glenville welcomed Youghal to Fouhy Park in round 2 of the league on Monday evening last. A great game between two willing sides. Glenville had the better of the 1st half and led at half-time. In the second half Youghal made a great game of it and made it for an exciting finish. Glenville finished strongly and saw out the game in tremendous fashion. Next up are Aghada away on April 12th. Well done to the players and coaches on a great win.

U9

The U9s played against Ballinora on Saturday. The 18 boys who took part had great fun and are looking forward to their next match. The boys are showing great improvement every week and are credit to their coaches.

MULTIMEDIA QUIZ

Glenville and Watergrasshill Juvenile Clubs are holding a fundraising quiz in Kades Kounty on Friday,March 31st. This is a novel multimedia quiz without pens and paper. Suitable for U12 upwards. Registration starts at 7.30pm and the quiz begins at 8pm sharp. Tables of four cost €40 and a great night is guaranteed. Please support this great cause and have fun doing it!

CLUB MEMBERSHIP 2023

Don’t delay, join today. Glenville GAA membership for 2023 can now be paid online through the GAA’s Foireann website, this is the same website where the health questionnaires were filled out before training and matches last year.

This is the only method chosen by the club this year for payment of membership. This is directly linked to the Player Injury Insurance Scheme, so if you get injured and the system doesn’t have a record of your membership, you won’t be insured. With most teams back training, it would be great to get membership sorted as soon as possible. We have all types of membership from player, family, juvenile, gym membership, OAP and non-player. Anyone who is seeking gym membership Contact Josh Cooke 087-1317540 or Paudie Cotter 086-2278896 to obtain a fob once you have paid.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We’d love some help if you can volunteer. An hour a week, an hour a fortnight (entirely your call) or whatever you can manage in the following areas - general administration, general maintenance, make flags, painting, cleaning, help fevelop our club website, organising or help in fundraising, buying or selling lotto tickets or help on lotto Friday nights draws, sponsor something, become a referee, help in the coffee shop, coaching or helping with a juvenile or adult team. Or if you are a new player or want to get back. It’s going to be a busy year. Many hands make the environment better for everyone. Contact one of the club officials. Many thanks in advance.

LOTTO

Jackpot €4,300. Numbers drawn 2, 17, 18, 21. No jackpot winner. Quickpick winners - Surf the curve, John Fitzgerald, Brid Irwin, John T McHugh. This week’s jackpot €4,400 draw in Kades Kounty on 31/03.

GAELIC FOR MOTHERS AND OTHERS

Training continues each Thursday evening 8-9 in Glenville GAA

grounds. New members always welcome, please contact 087-2799956 if you wish for further information.

DADS AND LADS FOOTBALL

Our sessions continue on a Sunday night at 8.30pm and are growing week on week. No experience or level of fitness required. Contact John on 085-7102290 for details.